Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-05

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busy, ard keps % al day suD1Ay. hang
ina out the fri-eolofe4 bunflnR svsfy.
whess. uilh ~ eeeaaolal pleeuse q
GeogRe Waahingson. o. b WElRhk and
6eozRa Francis Train wKeafhed n exef-
green's and the stars and stripes The
tRiumphsl exeh Of EisveHth stEses VS.
oouplefed. Man wess euployed sarlnR-
inR Chase Lanterns along boeh 01es
Of he siFest fr9D he tsiegr1ph poles
On every pFexionsiI -yseau1 bot liitie
squads wsEe busy DutalnR NJ temporary
booths for the sale Of Ne ubaquisons
peanut and Fourth-of-Juiy lsusnade.
The latter 0f thass pRspslattoHa conain-
usd long into S1naay ni9hA and sven
aftes the aiori0us Fo1Fth ttsalf bad fully
Set Il the tardy hand Of the pR0eraati-
natoE was still basy. But, practically,
TIE city vas aKrsyed IN - very best pic-
nie sait,
WEES THE sos WExT BOWS
On Sunday evening, and Il vas 9 very
pretty suit. Nearly every house on r.
eide Avenue vas decorated eian0Falety,
and according 10 the taste aud Renins
Of the pFopFtetoF. Locomotives. RAN
way trains. SHIPS and tunnels, and, ~
way Of contrast, oz-teams, HRured ID
nearly all. One concern had o fall
hsdeed engine coming Out OF its second
story window, with smoke stack tss1-
ing volumes of smoke and is bead
HIGHT RlaFinR passeFs by oct Of oounte-
nance, Chinese lanterns we're stfunG
about everywbare pEspaEatogy 20 Hum
nation on The night Of the fsuTth-the
general committee, a. stated, having
them Swung from q wire stru0g along
the telegraph poles at Intervals o. ateS
feet on both sides and the entire length
Of the street. A large proportion Of the
residences Of the city. aud ali the puo-
lie b0iidinRs we're also tastefully oeeog-
ated, and thus arFayed the city was pre-
pared for ita festival. Az six o'clock u
the evening Q large number OF early ar
rivals stood upon the rear ptazs Of Ioe
Tacoma and watched the straight line
Of road that comes out from undeF the
bill, crosses the mud hAts eastward,
and is
LOST II TEE WOODS
OF The Ruyallap river. The party kept
in uakienee and whiled away the time
With utmost good humof, though what
they looked for seemed delayed beyond
expectation-but presently; shortly AZ.
ter seven o'clock there vas o CLEAN OF
light like the fash Of diamond out OF
the woods and some one said, there
she comesw but Il was lost again IN an
instant and the prophet began 70 fear
be bad erred. II have been waiting for
this train fifteen years and there 10 no
use growing impatient about it nov"
said win Wright, IS be smiled plaeidly
at the despair Of the prophet. As ne
spoke, however, black coil OF smoke
rose above the distant line OF trees
and an instant later the headlight OF
the engine flashed out steadily in the
liQht Of the setting sun and . long dark
line of cars followed IL down she
straight roadway toward the city. IL
was the fiEst regular train direct from
the East over the sVitchbaok. The
crowd on the perch rose up With one
the boat-house bridge TO greet Il. IL
came on and was greeted With
RIGHT ROYAL WELCOME
As Il passed under the bridge. Several
Of the more enthusiastic, among whom
vas Assistant General Manager Buck.
ley, ran down and boarded her with q
living leap and rode to the station ct the
wharf. There an immense crowd bad
gathered, and some more lusty cheering
vas dora by the crowd amid tbe great
scramble for hacks By the dusty and
weary travellers. The Occur d'Alene
band was aboard, and they formed aud
furnished the inspiration that scared
the hack horses and enabled the pedes-
TRANS to keep step up the bill. Such
vas the reception to the long antici-
pated train over the Cascade division.
Il was composed Of eleven passenger
and two baggage cars, aud brought in
about 400 people.
came IN an hour later IN two sections
composed OF seventeen cars and bring
ing about 500 people. Among them was
the DOdWoTth band and portion OF
Co. g.. N. @. o. OF Portland, who
mhroneu Up RACINE avenue W tn0 toN1'
THE BOAT FRoM VICTORIA
Brought about go people, with eleven
members OF the hFe department. and
twenty seven members OF the athletic
club Of that place.
Seattleites had come by hundreds,
and when the last delegations came In
they had considerable difficulty finding
hotel room.
The celebration bsRan with midnight
snd explosives. which latter we're re-
newed at dawn and continued until the
town vas thoroughly awake. Again. the
visitors from nearer localities began
coming in, and she streets allied up uu-
Gil IL is now estimated that about I'VE
thousand visitors are In the city.
TACOMA, July 4. 1887.
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